Materials for a Flora of the Malayan PeninsuJa. 217 



80. Zhuxixe, Lindl. 



Terrestrial herbs, stem shortly creeping. Leaves linear lanceo- 

 late to ovate. Flowers small spicate. Sepals siibeqiial, dorsal form- 

 ing a hood with the petals. Lip adnate to the column saccate with 

 calli inside, apex not dilated. Column very short with lamellar or 

 conical processes on the front. Stigmas 2 distinct, PoUinia pyrifoim 

 with an oblong gland. 



Species about 15. Tropical Asiatic and African. 



Leaves linear sessile .. .. .. ..1. Z. sulcata. 



Leaves ovate or lanceolate. 



Lip midlobe bilobed, not clawed. 



Flowers I inch long, lip yellow , . . . 2. Z. affiiiis. 



Flowers very small . . . . . . . . o. Z. dandesihia. 



Lip midlobe with a denticulate claw . . 4. Z. rupestris. 



Lip midlobe entire rounded . . . . A. Z. riolascens. 



Lip midlobe reniform . . . . . . 6. Z. rcuiformis. 



1. Z. SULCATA, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 485. Stem erect 

 2-16 inches tall. Leaves narrow linear Ineeol ate acuminate 1-2 inches 

 long -J- inch wide. Paceme nearly sessile dense, suhglabrous. Bracts 

 lanceolate acuminate -|-^ inch long. Flowers white, yellow or pink. 

 Sepals ^ inch long oblong obtuse. Petals similar. Lip yellow boat- 

 shaped with a short pubescent claw ending in a hammer headed or 

 bilobed limb. Column short, rostellum short. Anther ovoid pollinia 

 pyriform ovoid on a l)road ovoid caudicle and small disc. Capsule 

 I inch long. Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc. I. 186. (Jriff. Xotulae IIL 

 396. Ic. PL As. t. 349. Blume Orch. Arch. Ind. 67. Miq. Flor. Ind. 

 Bat. III. 723. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 106. King. Ann. Bot. Card. 

 Calc. VIIL p. 286, PI. 381. Z. bracteata, hrevtfolia and rohusta, 

 Wight. Ic. 1724, 1725, 1726. Z. mcmhranacea, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 

 Orch. PI. 486. Z. Tripleura, Lindl. Journ. Linn, Soc. I. 186. Z. 

 integerrlma, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 486. Blume Fl. Jav. 55. 

 t. 19. and 23. C. Orch. Arch. Ind. 67. Z. einarginata, Lind. Gen. 

 and Sp. I.e. Z. pronimbeits, Bl. Fl. Jav. t. 22. "f. 3. and t. 23 B. 

 Tripleura pallida, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. 452. Adenosli/Jis emarginata, 

 and integerrima, Bl. Bijdr. 414. t. 17. Ptcn/rjodiinii suJcatuin, Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. III. 452. 



Malacca: Sungei Pambai (P. Derry 306). Distrib, India. Malay 

 Islands, China. 



2. Z. AFFixis, Benth. Gen. Plan. t. III. 600. Stem elongate 

 gtout, leaves ovate to ovate lanceolate acute 1 inch long -J inch wide. 

 Scape 6 inches long many flowered pubescent. Flowers ^ inch long. 

 Upper sepal oblong obtuse, laterals ovate pubescent green. Petals 



